I have the opportunity to speak locally tonight on the topic of "Houston 2040." It's for the Houston Tomorrow group, …
Sandrine: A Poster Child for Emerging Values Shifts
In researching the emerging values shifts for my upcoming book with No Limits Publishing, I'm always eager to come …
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The “New Normal” Obscures the Point
This popular phrase, which my old firm considered as a title for a multi-client meeting in 2009, may be giving us the …
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Not Thinking the Unthinkable….is Not Thinking
While I will rarely comment on current politics, I was moved and disappointed to see today's "A Reversal on End-of-Life …
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Get in touch with your feminine side
In a couple of recent public sessions, the issue of men, women, values and the future came up. It may be first helpful …
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Coast to Coast Futures
Really enjoyed my appearance on Ian Punnett's Coast to Coast radio program with University of Houston Futures faculty …
Values Shifts and Trusting the Cloud
Recent rumors about the potential demise of delicious, the popular bookmarking site, reminded me of an old blog post …
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More on Technological Forecasting Accuracy
Came across a nice piece by Ray Kurzweil "How My Predictions Are Faring" in which he claims that of 147 "predictions" he …
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Chairing a Future Technologies Track at AHLiST
I'm pleased to have the opportunity to co-chair a track on Future Technologies with my colleague Peter Bishop at the …
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Singularity getting nearer
The Singularity Is Near book was one milestone. The formation of Singularity University was another. Not sure this is a …
More on the Future of Libraries
Found a clip from a couple of minutes on the local Houston KRIV-26 News talking about the future of libraries. One of my …
Retirement is an obsolescent concept
My futurist colleagues and I have often joked about putting together a dictionary of obsolescent concepts. Entry #1: …
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Future Jobs…on Houston Public Television
I really enjoyed my appearance with Latina Voices on Houston Public Television on November 8th. Very nice people! We …
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Which Energy Future?….Youtube Clip
My good friends at Harvey Nash were kind enough to post a short Youtube video clip of me after my Which Energy Future? …
Hitting the Snooze Button on the future’s “Biggest Wake Up Call”
I was very pleased to review my futurist friend and colleague Richard Slaughter's latest work "The Biggest Wake Up call …
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Reaching the Student to Reach the Big Goal Workshop
I'm very pleased to be working with the Lumina Foundation, which has the bold goal: To increase the proportion of …
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Forecasting and Wild Cards with Exchange Students
I recently had the opportunity to spend a morning talking about the future of science and technology with some exchange …
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Read, Drink, and Be Merry at the Library
Had a couple of quotes in a Houston Chronicle piece "Going Beyond Books". In particular, talked about the demise of the …
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Talking about Jobs on “Latina Voices: Smart Talk”
Had a nice opportunity to talk about the future of jobs with Latina Voices: Smart Talk. The show is produced by HTV, …
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Fear of the Future….Results from No Image of the Future
A piece from the beloved Fox News arrived in my inbox--It's Fear Over Our Country's Future That's Driving the Tea Party …
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Un-natural headline
The Nov-Dec issue of The Futurist has a news item "Downside of Demand for 'Natural' Food." Beside the inclusion of …
Which Energy Future?
I'm giving a talk on the future of energy on November 11th....... Attend Our Exclusive Houston Event: Which Energy …
Happiness in your Choices
A futurist colleague based in Australia, Sohail Inayatullah, posted a piece in a local paper about happiness, which was …
The Future of Values
I plan to do some blogging on the topic of the future of values. I'm about90% of the way through a first draft of a book …
Thinking about the Future
I now have the rights to Thinking about the Future, which I co-wrote with colleague Peter Bishop. I have a pallet-load …
Web Madness
As I start putting this site together, I find myself involved with two other website projects, though both of these are …
Welcome to Hinesight!
Welcome to Hinesight, my home for blogging, speaking, workshopping, and small consulting projects. I plan to split my …